Tag Archives: Stalingrad

A Light, Shining in Darkness

Posted on May 24, 2020 by leslie

A Light, Shining in Darkness Alexandra Popoff, Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019, pp. ix-xi + pp. 1-326 + notes, photos, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-0-300-22278-4, reviewed by Frank Ellis I begin with … Continue reading →

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Hero City

Posted on May 6, 2018 by leslie

Hero City by Bill Hartley Russian television news regularly carries stories covering the exploits of ‘our boys in Syria’. The bombed out buildings and general scenes of devastation are a backdrop as a flak jacketed general explains the situation. On … Continue reading →

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Hell freezes over

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Derek Turner

Hell freezes over LESLIE JONES is engrossed by a wide-ranging analysis of an iconic battle The Stalingrad Cauldron: Inside the Encirclement and Destruction of the 6th Army Frank Ellis, 2013, University Press of Kansas, 512 pp., hb., US$39 According to … Continue reading →